Afken Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Afken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Afken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afken is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afken? popularity and diffusion
Afken is the 1,994,173rd most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Afken live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 1,183,904. In Germany Afken is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 32 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent live. Other than Germany Afken exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gafken | 91 | 67 | / |
| Hafken | 91 | 14 | / |
| Ajfken | 91 | 1 | / |
| Aifken | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afkeen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afkn | 89 | 2 | / |
| Gaffken | 83 | 8 | / |
| Efken | 80 | 196 | / |
| Afkin | 80 | 5 | / |
| Hawken | 73 | 3,823 | / |
| Höfken | 73 | 582 | / |
| Hafkin | 73 | 100 | / |
| Effken | 73 | 47 | / |
| Hofken | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gafkin | 73 | 7 | / |
| Affkin | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aphken | 73 | 3 | / |
| Afqeen | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hefken | 73 | 1 | / |
| Höffken | 67 | 958 | / |
| Heufken | 67 | 65 | / |
| Hoefken | 67 | 51 | / |
| Hoffken | 67 | 35 | / |
| Heffken | 67 | 27 | / |
| Gafkina | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gaffkin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abkn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afcn | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Afken
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